Vía Orgánica A.C. is a Mexican non-profit organization whose mission is to promote healthy eating and a sustainable future through the promotion of knowledge and practice of organic regenerative agriculture, fair trade, social justice, sustainable living and the protection of the planet
Vía Orgánica A.C. was formed in 2009 as a sister organization of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), a national network of organic consumers in the United States in favor of health, justice, sustainability, peace and democracy.
To promote rural eco-tourism, Vía Orgánica offers guided visits to the ranch and educational workshops on the farm, as well as cooking, seed conservation, herbalism, water harvesting, natural dyes, green construction, agroforestry and ecosystem restoration.
They started the Vía Orgánica Store & Café in 2009 in order to connect small farmers with consumers interested in local, healthy and tasty food produced in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Your purchase helps them raise awareness of the many benefits that supporting the region's organic agriculture offers to the local economy, the environment and human health, funding their education and community engagement programs.
A drone video tour through the different areas, passing through the vegetable garden, the sprout house, the chicken farm, the viewpoint and the cabins.
The ecosystem restoration project at Vía Orgánica is a hands-on learning experience at one of the most important educational organic ranches in Mexico.
Here's a 3D model of the farm.
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This is an Elevation Model of Vía Orgánica farm. The bar on the right shows the altitude in meters above sea level.
Some of the many people that have helped build this wonderful project share with us their words of experience and hope.
The Thousand Million Agaves Project is an ecosystem regeneration strategy adopted by innovative Mexican farms located in the high desert region of Guanajuato.
This strategy combines the growth of agave plants and nitrogen-fixing companion forest species (such as mesquite) with rotational grazing of cattle. The result is a high biomass, high forage production system that works well even on semi-arid degraded lands.
The system produces large quantities of agave stalks and piñas, up to a ton of biomass during the plant's 8 to 10 year life. When chopped and fermented in closed containers, the agave leaf produces excellent and inexpensive animal fodder.
This agroforestry system reduces overgrazing pressure on fragile rangelands and improves soil health and water retention while reducing and storing enormous amounts of atmospheric CO2.
The goal of the Billion Agaves campaign is to plant one billion agaves worldwide to reduce and store billions of tons of climate-destabilizing CO2. The campaign will be supported by public and private donations and investments.
A possitive message from founder Ronnie Cummins.
